Beautiful Bootees

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By Sue Corbin

Materials Required:

Small amount of Pastel coloured or
White 3ply yarn.

Pair of knitting needles size 3.5mm (old size 10).

Half a metre of 3mm pastel ribbon to match or
complement the yarn.

Pastel card to match the yarn 7.5cm x 13cm.

Gold Label sticker: It’s a Boy XL416U-02 or
It’s a Girl XL415U-02 (both similar).

White card 5cm x 9cm.

Darning needle with a large eye.

P.V.A. Craft adhesive: PVA01.

Card mount: PS009, White.

To Make The Bootees:

Make two, knit the Bootees using 3.5mm

knitting needles as follows. Cast on 12 Stitches.
Rows 1-4,

knit. Row 5, purl. Row 6, knit. Row 7,

purl. Row 8, knit 8 stitches and turn. Row 9, purl
4 stitches and turn. Row 10, knit 4, turn. Row 11,
purl 4, turn. Row 12, knit 4, pick up and knit 3
stitches along side of work, knit 4 to end. Row
13,

purl 11, pick up and purl 3 stitches along

side of work, purl 4. Row 14, knit. Row 15, purl.
Row 16,

cast off all stitches.

Fold work in half, inside out, and stitch down

back seam and under foot. Turn right way out.

Cut off approximately 20cm of ribbon for each

bootee, I use a darning needle to thread the rib-
bon behind a stitch on either side at the front of

the bootee before tying the
bow, this just ensures it
does not slip out of place.

Make two small slits

in the background card
approx. 1cm to 1.5cm
from the top. Thread the
darning needle with the
remainder of the ribbon
and pass the needle
through the top edge of
each bootee at the seam,
pull the ribbon through to

the centre. Take the needle into the right hand
slit in the card and back out through the left slit
pulling most of the ribbon through. Thread the
other end of the ribbon onto the needle. Take
the needle into the left hand slit and back out
through the right slit pulling most of the ribbon
through again.

Adjust the ribbon until the bootees hang

down with the tops about 3cm from the slits.
Tie a bow using the loose ends and trim off the
excess ribbon. Glue the larger background panel
onto the card mount the glue the bootee panel
onto it leaving enough space beneath for the
sticker. Peel and place the It’s a Boy/Girl sticker.

You can double mount the design using a

smaller piece of card behind the bootees as
described or use a silver pen to decorate the
edge of the card.

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